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Old pistons used to be good scrap, back in the day they were ‘Y’ alloy.
Dunno what they are nowadaze.
H.

Thanks for that info, it looks a nice machine, the uk site gives a good description.
I have a 66 Macson which is good enough for my skill set.
Just need a mill of similar quality to pop up.
H.

I agree Welding is one skill that a decent course makes all the difference.

I’ve done numerous TAFE welding courses starting with oxy in 1965 in a draughty nissan hut at Gore Hill to TIG at...

Can you see what your doing?
I just about gave up on Welding a few years back.
I realised I couldn’t see what I was doing.
So for oxy I’d take off my multifocal specs and get so close that my...

Anyone on here buy this?
I was interested and onto it in the first few minutes of it being posted but stuffed up contacting the seller so missed out.
It was very early about 1953 and had been...

There was a cupboard full of letters of all sizes at the Toowoomba Patternshop when Grays auctioned it a few years ago.
Being in Sydney I didn’t bid even though it only went for a few $ from memory....

I took a few pics of Rays little tools and also some traditional Foundry lettering.
I do have a few loose Foundry letters still and will post pics if there is any interest.
These can still be...

I know a bloke in Brisbane who was a patternmaker in his previous life.
He decided to make some high end woodworking tools as he was working in an investment Foundry at the time.
He made the...

I’ve cut sheet Al ok with my Festo track saw with the appropriate blade.
Some cutting grease or kero would help.
H

Good score.
I inherited one of these a few years back.
Found abrasive belts scarce to buy so get wider ones at Bunnies and cut into 3.
H.

Love the smell of kephos :no:
At North Sydney TAFE the head teacher at our resto class wouldn’t let students apply it in the workshop, you’d be banished to outside.
Works on Tools if your workshop...

When I was doing the Foundry course at Wollongong TAFE they wouldn’t put plumbing stuff in the pot. There were complete tap bodies in the 20 litre drum of scrap I had.
They’d had explosions from...

Andrew
You’re a legend in your own mind.
H
:):D:D:D

How well did it cut initially?
Just wondering if the surface of the CI was hard(chilled).
Or built up a hard surface which your drilled holes broke up.
H

It was possibly about 6ft although I didn’t even realise it was wooden initially, my mate pointed it out to me. We were there measuring up bits on their Chevy.
Its a display piece, like their old...

This is in Hare and Forbes Sydney showroom.
Didn’t know whether to post here or on the Woodwork forum.
It is mainly wooden construction.
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Ad says 930mm.
3 feet minus the shrinkage.
H.
Elan, You beat me to it , I was busy looking at the 100 plus ‘other items’.

Bluey purple coloured tablets, probably borax.
Ive possibly got the TAFE notes in the stash somewhere.
H.

As no one else has replied here’s a my experience in batch mixing exothermic stuff.
I was making stupas for Buddhist temples in a 10 to 1 sand and epoxy mix.
These took a long time to ram as the...

I remember my dad who was pre war trained Fitter and Turner saying the guys who did the enamel process on baths had the most unhealthy job in industry.
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I’ve never seen it used as scrap in the ferrous foundries I’ve worked in.
An old iron founder I know who was making chairs etc in isocyanides ( foam)was using iron swarf as filling in the epoxy...

I made a vacuum chuck for my wood lathe from an old scuba tank a mate gave me.
Heres a pic of it when I was truing it up in the RS.
Can post more of it in use if there’s any interest.
H

Immediately pull everything apart and spread said parts throughout your shed.
Mix well and forget about for a few years whilst you start more projects.
You’ll have then caught up to where I’m at...

I’m interested in these but not having seen vice grips with removable jaws are interested in how they locate, lock in.
H.

I’m in Concord.
Retired, so home most of the time out in the shed.
PM me a phone number if you want to arrange pick up.
H.

If this Russian straight edge is of any use you’re welcome to borrow it.
H.

Alf, here’s those pics of the Mazda floor.
H.

I was welding the top on a cyclone I’m making this arvo and after a funny slushy noise the mig quit.
Turned around and there’s a considerable amount of smoke exiting the welder.
Turned off and...

This is a line shaft driven machine ?
We had a post war one at the Uni, I never liked it as the clutch was unpredictable.
Im no machinist, just the patternmaker who had to use the fab shop gear...

I was out at the boys today where I’m making a cyclone for my shed and took a few pics of my old Pullmax which is a Medium and their 5 trimmer plus their Eckold.
Id used mine on thin .8mm body metal...

Found the smaller booklet,it doesn’t have the full range of machines from memory.
I will have a look for the A4 one over the weekend.
i don’t have a working scanner currently but here’s a few pics...

There’s a plate on them saying which model they are.
I have the original manuals and sales info on most of these.
I had an ancient smallest model but moved it on a few years back as it only had the...

That’s will fit mine no probs.
Its an ancient Brobo, single speed with a Viva petrol pump for the coolant.
Im at 2137 here.
If you PM me bank details I will shoot you off some $.
Thanks Kryn
H

Kryn,
What’s the dia of the centre hole ?
Would you be willing to post it, at my expense ?
Thanks
H.

This is at a local men’s shed.
From memory pretty much as your proposing but not a swing lid.
He used 2 gas bottles, it would reach 1200.
OK for about 9kg of Brass.
When the lockdowns over I can...

I remember my father telling the story about a Jeep dropping the tailshaft on the Sydney Harbour Bridge flipping over and killing the driver.
We were working on my first car and it had a hoop for...

Have your bandsaw tyres arrived from the US ok?
I need to buy 2 for a Jet 18” wood bandsaw, could you give me the name of the mob you’re getting yours from.

Did you get your welding problem with...

You have done a good job capturing them.
Ravens are such smart birds.
I have some photos of a flock of them on Vancouver Island feeding outside a house in a native village. I would have stayed...

I have US made hydraulic tables picked up from the Boeing auction, these lift heaps high and have wheel locks. Also an I beam with runners, an old Abbey floor crane and a crown lifter. I squashed a...

I’m interested and if there’s not too many can pick up over the next few daze and stash at Concord for others to pick up later.
H.

Mate was an apprentice sparky at Garden Island (Naval Dockyard).
It was in the late 60s.
A recent arrival in Oz fronts for a job.
Has a claw hammer and a screwdriver, “I am zee electrician”.
They...

How about your daughters name or initials?
Personalise it for her.
H.

Made by GMH.
Even has patent applied for!?
During the war?
My father made his own, l’ve seen photos of it but doubt I could find them now.
Thats a very tidy unit, from memory dad’s was quite...

Unused Hare and Forbes drill.$600.
Was in a shed with a leaky roof.
Bit of surface rust on table and column which I’ve cleaned off with scotchbrite.
Number 3 Morse taper 16mm chuck.
I can...

If you want to go to the woodwork part of this forum I posted on the 31st March in General under Shed about getting my shed retrofitted for $33 with LED lights.
They replaced 30 lights.
H.

What about some old original mini wheels.
Ive seen them thrown out in the council clean up
They were 10” and you could get radials for them.
Datto wheels were 12” from memory.
On my 3 bike...

Bit late now but as a kid I wanted to paint my 26”.
So my dad (who was a fitter and turner ) gave me a broken piece of hacksaw blade with the teeth ground off to scrape the old paint off with.
It...

Interesting point as a mate explained to me,whenever they are plugged in and switched on they are drawing a lot of power whether you’re welding or it’s just warming your pies.:oo:
H.

I use one of these in my shed.
So much grunt, easy for a mug welder like me to get good peno all the time.
I had the earlier model with the exposed contacts but thought I’d update for the later Art...

Thongs, crocs and open toed sandals.
Love to see them doing a pour.
H.